Kai Trump makes LPGA debut: What to know about president's granddaughter's big day on the golf course

Kai Trump volition beryllium making her LPGA debut connected Thursday astatine The ANNIKA astatine Pelican Golf Club successful Belleair, Florida.

The precocious schoolhouse elder officially committed to the University of Miami past week, and her large week volition proceed erstwhile she tees disconnected astatine 12:32 p.m. ET.

Trump volition tee disconnected astatine the second-to-last tee clip of the day, opening connected spread 10 with Hinako Shibuno and Olivia Cowan. She volition beryllium 2 groups down three-time and reigning victor Nelly Korda and 3 down Charley Hull. Lexi Thompson and Rose Zhang volition besides beryllium competing.

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Kai Trump is acceptable to marque her LPGA debut this week arsenic an amateur astatine The ANNIKA astatine Pelican Golf Club. (Accelerator)

The 18-year-old was a sponsorship exemption, which is awarded to emerging golfers to amusement disconnected their talents. She accepted the invitation "in a heartbeat and conscionable been practicing a batch ever since."

"It's an honor," she told reporters earlier this week. "I would similar to convey the LPGA and the Doyle household for the opportunity. I'm looking guardant to it. It's truly chill to accidental that I'm playing my archetypal LPGA event, and I'm lone a elder successful precocious school."

"I'm going to larn a batch nary substance what happens," she added. "I'm conscionable going to spell retired determination and person fun. Competing with the champion players is going to beryllium cool…inside the ropes playing with them, learning what benignant of shots they deed and what they bash connected the course. I’m conscionable looking guardant to playing with the best."

Kai Trump tees disconnected during the last circular of the Medalist Tour tourney astatine Lost City Golf Club connected July 17, 2025, successful Atlantis, Florida. (Greg Lovett/Palm Beach Post / USA Today Network via IMAGN Images)

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Trump admitted she volition beryllium "nervous," but "definitely a nervous-excitement."

Trump has gained a pursuing connected societal media, mostly done YouTube, and precocious posted a video of herself playing with her gramps astatine Trump National Golf Club, Washington, D.C., and the 2 of them attending the Ryder Cup.

"I conscionable don’t presumption it arsenic him being the president. I presumption it as, he’s my grandpa. We’re gonna spell retired determination and play golf," Kai said successful a caller interrogation with Fox News Digital. "We play play each the time. It's thing new."

President Donald Trump watches his granddaughter, Kai Trump, play play astatine Trump National Doral Miami connected Oct. 27, 2022, successful Miami, Florida, a time up of the 2022 LIV Golf Invitational Miami. (GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images)

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In that interview, Trump reiterated her extremity of going pro.

"I'll effort to bash that and springiness it my champion shot."

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